How J-Schools Are Tackling the Demand for Data Journalism Skills
Gone are the days where journalists could boast about not being math people. While the image of an investigative journalist…
Collab/Space Atlanta Updates: Funding, Scaling, Growing the Startups
Last October nine media startups came together for a full-day hands-on workshop put on by MediaShift called Collab/Space Atlanta. Each…
Special Series: Teaching Data Journalism
I rarely have to sell my students on what I'm teaching them. They've worked hard to get accepted into a…
Daily Must Reads, July 3, 2014
1. YouTube, apps and Minecraft: Digital kids and the future of children’s media (Stuart Dredge / The Guardian) 2. Readers…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, July 3, 2014
1. Edtech startups protest FCC proposal for ‘two-tiered internet’ (Charley Locke / EdSurge) 2. Chasing the elusive 'quality' in online…
Forget ‘The Dark Side.’ Journalists Should Learn Marketing, Business Skills
When it comes to media work and the teaching of it, I loath the phrase, "the dark side." It goes…
Why the Supreme Court Cell Phone Decision Is a Win for Press Freedom
According to the Supreme Court, police need a warrant to search the cell phones of people they arrest. The unanimous…
Digital Book World E-Book Bestsellers; Week Ending 6-28-14
Despite a business conflict that has Amazon doing less to move large amounts of Hachette product than for books by…
Upcoming Events in Digital Media: July 3 Edition
Each week, MediaShift posts an ongoing list of upcoming events in the digital media and journalism world. These will be…
Daily Must Reads, July 2, 2014
1. EFF changes position on #NetNeutrality: Recognizes FCC must act, but narrowly (Mike Masnick / Techdirt) 2. In Philadelphia, the…